Saturday Night LiveAdds 3 Cast Members for Historic 50th Season to Replace Leaving Actors

From left: Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, Jane Wickline join SNL season 50 cast.Photo:Stephanie Nelson; Sam Cashell; Sio Hornbuckle Stephanie Nelson; Sam Cashell; Sio Hornbuckle Saturday Night Liveis shaking things up ahead of its historic 50th season. The late-night sketch comedy series announced some changes to its lineup on Sept. 9, as another cast member exited and three new comedians joined the ranks. Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline have all joinedSNL, while featured player Chloe Troast is leaving after just one season.

Saturday Night LiveAlum Victoria Jackson, 65, Says Her Cancer Is Inoperable: 'I've Had a Fantastic Life'

Victoria Jackson estimates she has roughly three years to live after doctors discovered hercancerhas returned. On Wednesday, Aug. 14, theSaturday Night Livealum, 65, confirmed in her “Is the Cancer Back?” Instagram video series that her cancer is back. In the nearly 8-minute video, the actress said her cancer was inoperable, explaining that doctors “cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death.

Saturday Night LiveGreats Unite at Emmys 2024 to Poke Fun at Lorne Michaels' Losses: 'You Were Robbed!'

Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, and Bowen Yang at the 2024 Emmys.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty Kevin Winter/Getty Live from theEmmy Awards, it is aSaturday Night Live50th anniversary celebration!At the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15,Maya Rudolph,Kristen Wiig,Bowen YangandSeth Meyerstook the stage to honor the legendaryNBCcomedy show, which will enter its milestone fifth decade when it premieres Sept. 28. Their appearance came afterSNLlost the Emmy for scripted variety series toLast Week Tonight with John Oliver— something the foursome, who are all nominated this year, somewhat poked fun of in their introduction.

Saturday Night: All About the Movie Inspired bySaturday Night Live's First Ever Show in 1975

Jane Curtin (Kim Matula), Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn), Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), Rosie Shuster (Rachel Sennott), and John Belushi (Matt Wood) in the Makeup Room in SATURDAY NIGHT.Photo:Hopper Stone Hopper Stone Ahead of its 50th anniversary, the first-ever show ofSaturday Night Liveis being spotlighted in a special way. Saturday Nightwill focus onSNLcreator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) and the famous cast he worked with: Dylan O’Brien asDan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith asChevy Chaseand Lamorne Morris asGarrett Morris.

Saturday NightTrailer Rewinds to 1975 for Uncanny Look atSNL's Chevy Chase, John Belushi and More

Live from New York, it’sSaturday Night! On Aug. 8, the first trailer debuted for the movie about the 90 minutes that preceded the first-ever episode ofSaturday Night Liveon Oct. 11, 1975. Exactly 49 years after the now-iconic sketch comedy series first aired on NBC, directorJason Reitman(Ghostbusters: Afterlife) is taking audiences behind the scenes of how the series' creatorLorne Michaelsand its original cast and collaborators came together to put the series premiere before the clock rang 11:30.